ACSM Expert Consensus Statement: Injury Prevention and Exercise Performance during Cold-Weather Exercise
Castellani JW, Eglin CM, Ikäheimo TM, Montgomery H, Paal P, Tipton MJ. Curr Sports Med Rep. 2021 Nov 1;20(11):594-607. doi: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000907. PMID: 34752434.
The American College of Sports Medicine released a consensus statement to provide “information on the pathogenesis, nature, impacts, prevention, and treatment of the most common cold injuries”. The statement covers frostbite, nonfreezing cold injury, hypothermia, avalanche burial, snow blindness, cold water/drowning, sudden cardiac death, and the impact of cold on perofrmance.